This was our first trip back to our clinic in over a
year. Our last visit was our IVF follow
up where they explained the grading of our day 3 embryos (3 grade 3 and 1 grade
4) and suggested that we may want to try yet another IVF cycle in the chance
that it may yield better quality embryos.
Needless to say, it was not the most pleasant visit in the world.
This visit was occurring under much better
circumstances. We were getting ready to
give those 4 “fair” embryos a chance, so now everyone is hopeful that they will
work and that the quality won’t be an issue.
Our appointment started with the collection of my vitals
(weight and blood pressure check). I
thought this was strange and completely unnecessary to sign a contract, but
they said that they needed it. The only
good news was that after all that we have been through I am finally back to my
pre-IVF weight. Oh, in addition to being
a costly, emotionally trying, invasive procedure, one of the often occurring side
effects of fertility treatments is weight gain.
Talk about kicking you when you are down!
Our doctor came in with the paperwork and we got down to
business. Since we had been through this
process once before already it went pretty quickly as we didn’t really have too
many questions. We talked about timing
of a transfer based on 1) GCs cycle 2) the required 4-5 transfer drug protocol
3) clinic available timing and 4) our work schedules. We are looking at a mid-June transfer.
Our last stop was with the financial counselor to “show them
the money”. Another large check written
to our clinic……
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